SEVEN(7) METHODS TO INSTALL LINUX DISTROS(DISTRIBUTIONS) ON ANDROID DEVICE(SMARTPHONE OR TABLET

1. GNURoot Debian

Download from PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=champion.gnuroot

GNURoot Debian provides a Debian Linux environment that runs within the confines of the Android application sandbox.

Android 6.0 Marshmallow is not supported! This app is not updated anymore, at least not until I will get a new phone. This app will install Debian Jessie. You do not need to root your device, it will work fine with any stock ROM. You will need 900 Mb free on internal storage. This app cannot be installed to SD card. A mouse or stylus is highly recommended. If 

2. Debian noroot

Download from PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cuntubuntu

 This app will install Debian Jessie. You do not need to root your device, it will work fine with any stock ROM. You will need 900 Mb free on internal storage. 

This app cannot be installed to SD card. A mouse or stylus is highly recommended.

 If you want to use web browser, open Terminal and run command sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install iceweasel If you want to use Eclipse or other Java applications, install package openjdk-7-jdk and restart Debian app, because default JDK does not work on Samsung devices.

3. LINUX DEPLOY

Download from PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.meefik.linuxdeploy

This application is open source software for quick and easy installation of the operating system (OS) GNU/Linux on your Android device. The application creates a disk image on a flash card, mounts it and installs an OS distribution. Applications of the new system are run in a chroot environment and working together with the Android platform.  the environment, which includes the base system, SSH server, VNC server and desktop environment. The program interface can also manage SSH and VNC settings.

4. TERMUX

Download from PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux

Termux is a terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android, Chromebook, and Fire OS.
Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app that works directly with no rooting or setup required. A minimal base system is installed automatically;
 Additional packages are Addons Termux has some extra features. You can add them by installing addons:

 Termux:API
Access Android and Chrome hardware features. 

Termux:Boot Run script when your device boots.

Termux:Float
Run Termux in a floating window. 

Termux:Styling Have color schemes and powerline-ready fonts customize the appearance of the Termux terminal.

Termux:Task
An easy way to call Termux executables from Tasker and compatible apps. 

Termux:Widget Start small scriptlets from the home screen.

5. ApkLinux + Connectbot

Download from PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cmer.terminal

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.connectbot

This is an embedded Linux distribution for ARM-based Android 4.03+ devices. It is meant to be used as a bare-bones Linux distribution with all the potential functionality of a full desktop.

 The objective is to make it easily distributed without the need to root your device. This app is meant for the power user, and is still experimental. In order to use it, you must have ConnectBot (or any other Telent client) installed on your device. 

Once downloaded and installed, simply press the APK Linux icon and the program will copy the distribution files onto your device and connect via Telnet.

6. AndroLinux

Download: https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.apkpure.com/androlinux-linux-for-android/org.dandroidmobile.androlinux/amp

This app provides you a Linux system with a GNOME desktop environment. It provides an intuitive interface. It is fast, secure and with thousands of apps to choose from. It is based on the Fedora and Centos OS.

7. PC Emulators (LIMBO/BOCHS)

i. Limbo

Download:  https://m.apkpure.com/limbo-pc-emulator-qemu-arm-x86/fr.energycube.android.app.com.limbo.emu.main.armv7

Limbo PC Emulator is a port of QEMU (Quick Emulator) and dependent libraries for Android Devices. Limbo can currently emulate lightweight Operating Systems for Intel based x86 PC like DSL Linux, Debian, Freedos and Others.

ii. BOCHS

Download from PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.bochs

Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) pc emulator, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS. Bochs can be compiled to emulate many different x86 CPUs, from early 386 to the most recent x86-64 Intel and AMD processors which may even not reached the market yet. Bochs is capable of running most Operating Systems inside the emulation including Linux, DOS or Microsoft Windows. 

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